Could you try and ask your question again -- I don't know what the issue is. Are asking about an alternative to Microsoft Office? If yes, what are you going to be doing? i.e. what file formats do you want to read? What formats do you want to create?

What reviews are you talking about? i.e. give us a reference please.

In case this happens to address your concerns -- I have Office 2011 on my Mountain Lion Macs and it runs just fine.

So quite simply I chose to purchase the "bundle for ms office" from the app store @ 40.

What you bought was a collection of templates for use with Microsoft Office.

If you really need Microsoft Office, then buy Microsoft Office. If, on the other hand, what you really need is the ability to create & edit text documents, then Apple's Pages might be a better choice. It's much cheaper, and arguably much easier, too.